Eyeglass-hook.



Patented Oct. 20, 1908. I

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GEORGE W. WELLS, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

EYE GLASS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed September 7, 1907. Serial No. 391,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. WELLS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Southbridge, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Eyeglass- Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to hooks having pins attached thereto which are designed to be secured to garments, such, for example, as a vest or dress, and to support while in this position eyeglasses of the pincenez variety when they are not in use.

The invention is especially designed to provide eye glass hooks of this character which, because of their construction, are supported on the fabric of the garment in such a way that the hook member is always maintained in a single position perpendicular to said fabric.

In the device embodying my invention, the hook when attached to the fabric remains permanently adjusted in the position most advantageous for the attachment of the eyeglass, 2'. 6., perpendicular to the supporting surface.

A further and very important object of my invention is to cheapen eyeglass hooks of this character by dispensing altogether with the use of solder or brazing in their construction. I accomplish this by making each device, out of a single piece of wire so twisted that all of the parts which are not required to be movable are held rigidly and permanently in their proper relative positions.

I have fully disclosed the details of my invention in the following description and the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a lateral perspective view of the eyeglass hook; and Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same.

In the drawings ,1 represents a pin the lower part 2 of which is sharpened and the upper part of which is bent at 3 so as to produce a return bend almost parallel with the pin, forming the central member 4. At a point opposite approximately the middle of the pin 1 the central member receives a slight further bend so as to make it more nearly parallel with the former as indicated at 5. The wire is then given a small circular forward bend, 6, its end passing behind the part 5 where a hook-like catch 7 is formed to receive the sharp end of the pin. From this point the wire is brought forward again on the same side of the part 5 and is bent over the top thereof towards the opposite side, where its direction is again changed at the point 8 some distance from the part 5 so that it extends longitudinally of, the pin and gradually approaches the upper end of the same producing thereby one of the lateral guards 9. nearly opposite the upper end of the pin 1 the former is given a rearwardly and somewhat reversely extending U-shaped turn at 10 passing under the central member 4 and fitting tightly in the bend between this part and the pin 1. The wire is then bent on this side of the central member 4 so as to produce a lateral guard 11 on this side corresponding in shape to the guard 9 on the other side of the central member. A bend 12 is also made corresponding in shape to the bend 8 on the other side. This brings the wire to the point of intersection of the parts 8 and 5 and in order to bind these parts permanently in position with the part 12 the wire is here given a circular turn 13 around the point of intersection. The end of the wire now having been brought to the front of the device, is flattened out at 14, and bent outwardly and upwardly at 15, so as to end in proximity to the central member 4 and form ahook of any desired curvature.

' The device is preferably made by starting with a piece of wire of greater diameter than is needed for the cylindrical wire parts of the structure and, leaving a part thereof to be made into the hook 14, 15, the remainder is swaged down to the proper size. The thick part of the wire is subsequently fiattened to form the hook. This mode of procedure is not, however, essential as I may make the hook 14, 15 by merely flattening out the end of a piece of wire of the same diameter as that used. in the rest of the structure, or I may dispense with the flattening altogether, leaving this part round.

From the .above description of the eyeglass hook it will be seen that the same is so constructed that all of its parts, excepting the free ends of the hook and thepin, are held permanently and rigidly in their proper and desired locations merely by the arrangement of the bends in the wire itself without the agency of solder or analogous binding materials. This constitutes a great element of saving in the construction of such devices as soldering or brazing requires considerably more workmanship than is required in the At a point in the guard 9 verymere bending of wire, and furthermore the heat incident thereto withdraws the temper from the metal.

'When an eyeglass hook involving my invention is attached to a garment, the lateral guards 9 and 11 are brought into contact with the fabric on both sides of the pin and the hook is supported in an upright position in such a way that. it is always maintained perpendicular to the surface of the fabric. In such a position a pair of eyeglasses can always be placed on the hook by the use of one hand only and at the first trial. In the case of the old style eyeglass hooks, however, it is necessary either to use two hands, one for keeping the hook straight and the other for placing the eyeglasses thereon, or, when using one hand only, to make repeated trials to place the eyeglasses on the hook before the same is successfully accomplished. My eyeglass hook has the further advantage of being very compact and durable.

I do not wish to limit myself to the particular details of this construction but consider that many changes may be made therein without departing from the fundamental principles of my invention as set forth in the claims.

hat I claim and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:

1. An eyeglass hook comprising two members connected by a bend and extend ing alongside each other, one of said members being pointed, a catch connected with the other member, and two guard members located on opposite sides of the first mentioned members and connected with each other by a turn which passes through the bend connecting said first-mentioned members, one of said guard members being connected with said catch.

2. An eyeglass hook comprising two members connected by a bend and extending alongside each other, one of said members being pointed, a catch connected with the other member, and two guard members located on opposite sides of the first-mentioned members and connected with each other by a turn whichpasses through the bend connecting said first-mentioned members, one of said guard members being connected with said catch, and a hook connected with the other guard member.

3. An eyeglass hook comprising two members connected by a bend and extending alongside each other, one of said members being pointed, a catch connected with the other member, and two guard 'members located on opposite sides of the first-melt tioned members and connected with each other by a turn which passes through the bend connecting said first-mentioned members, one of said guard members being connected with said catch and a coil connected with the other guard member and surrounding the first-named guard member and the member with which the catch is connected.

In testimony whereof I hereunto alfix my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. WELLS. Vitnesses GHANNING M. lVELLs, J. WELLS. 

